New Year's Resolutions

It's that time of the year again. Have you made your New Year's resolutions? I know at least one person who has decided that their resolution is to not make any resolutions. She probably has a good chance at keeping hers.

What resolutions have you made this year? For me, I have decided that I need to refocus my writing. Back when I started in the field, I dedicated time to writing each day / week. Over time, that's slipped. But that's going to change. I resolve to set up my writing time again, and to send out more queries. If I don't send out queries, then what are the odds of gettng an article in a publication? While I have had an editor contact me in the past to do a pieces that weren't queried, most articles I've had published have been generated by the query process.

Another thing I have decided is to start turning my writing back towards medical, science, and technology. Not that I'm turning my back on the men's magazine articles that I've written, but I also want to get back to my writing roots. I love writing about those things, so it's time to get back to it.

Speaking of getting back to it, that's it for this blog entry. Time to write.

New / Updated site!

Well, after a LONG time, I've finally updated my website to the new domain. Check my site out at:

www.matthewbrewer.ca

What's changed? Well, a number of things.

First, the address. My own domain, for easier searching and remembering. I felt that in order to have a more professional appearance, I needed a better domain.

The second thing that's different is that by going to this domain, I've rid myself (and you, the visitor) of ads and pop-ups. But if you DO encounter any, let me know. I'll see what I can do.

The navigaiton has changed on the site somewhat. I have text navigation on the left side, where it was button-oriented before. This may change back, but not right now.

Also, the pages are more uniform. I had several themes running throughout the site, but visitors found it somewhat disorienting. So that's changed.

Feel free to look around the site. I'd appreciate it if you let me know what you think of it, and what changes should be made, if any.

Thanks.